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You
dismiss someone when you let them go away from you.
You
dismount something when you get off of it. The man in the picture is dismounting from his
bicycle.
The opposite of dismount is
mount.
You
disobey when you deliberately don't do what you are told.
The photo is of someone parking in front of a no parking sign, and some rubbish dumped in front of a no dumping sign.
The opposite of disobey is
obey.
A group of things
disperse when they all go in different directions, away from each other, and spread out. Many plants disperse their
seeds on the
wind.
A similar word to disperse is
scatter.
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Distort means to change the shape, look, or meaning of something so it is not correct. For example, a funhouse mirror can distort your face.
The glass blocks in the picture are distorting the things on the other side.
Diving is a sport where you
jump into the water, usually from a small platform. Some people dive in so they can start
swimming faster. Sometimes people have the diving board set up really high so between jumping off and landing in the water they have time to do lots of acrobatic twists and turns.
Usually when you dive into the water, you want to make as small a
splash as possible.
Doff means to remove an item of
clothing, but is most commonly meant to take off your
hat or
tip your hat as a
greeting.
You
drag something when you
pull it along with much effort. Generally when you drag something, most of it is on the ground and you have to overcome a lot of
friction. People often drag things when they don't have something like a
wheelbarrow or trolley to help them, and they are too heavy to
carry.
You
drape some
fabric when you arrange it over something else so that it
hangs in nice looking
folds.
See also
drapes (curtains).
Something is
drifting if it is being gently carried along by currents in
air or
water with no particular direction. The
leaf in the picture is drifting on a
lake.
A drip is a small amount of water that falls slowly.
Taps drip when they
leak, and water will drip from your
hands when they are wet.
Driving is the word given to controlling a land vehicle, like a
car,
bus or even a
horse-drawn vehicle. To drive something you need to know how to start and stop it, how to steer it, and of course you need to know the
road rules to be able to safely drive.
Something droops if it bends over and down. Things might droop because they are
tired or unsupported. Some plants and flowers naturally have a drooping growth pattern.
You
drop something when you let it
fall down by itself. The students in the picture are dropping something out of a high
window as an
experiment.
A drop is also a small
globule of
liquid, such as a
raindrop.
You
dunk something when you quickly put it into some
liquid and take it out again. The person in the picture is dunking a
cookie into their
coffee.
